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Read our commentary piece in Reuters about how Trump’s deportation promises could help fix the broken system in the U.S. with the hiring of more immigration judges: Commentary: How Trump’s immigration plan could help those he wants to deport “For those who disagree with Trump’s hard-line approach to immigration, this staffing shortfall offers a slight silver…

On June 30, a class action lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was filed by four asylum-seekers. The plaintiffs take issue with DHS’s failure to advise them of the one-year deadline for filing their asylum applications, and the failure on the part of both DHS’s and the immigration courts to adopt a system…

Last week on June 8th, we at GPM & Associates hosted our very first open house. As a longstanding immigration law firm in southeast Michigan, we believe it is our responsibility to advocate intelligent, sensible, and compassionate immigration reform in this country. As such, we wanted to get to know the dedicated individuals and organizations also…

Last week, the Sixth Circuit affirmed a Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision to deny a Mexican native’s request to stay in the U.S., after he claimed he feared he would be harmed if deported. Our very own Maris J. Liss is Ramon Amezola-Garcia’s attorney and says that the U.S. deported him to Mexico in the…

President Obama received some good news last week from the U.S. Supreme Court with regards to his November 2014 executive action on immigration. The Court rejected Texas’s request for a 30-day extension to file its opening brief against the President’s deferred-deportation program, which essentially raises the likelihood that the justices will hear the case in…

On October 29, 2015, we attended the 12th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference in Washington D.C. The day-long event was hosted by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, INC (CLINIC) and took place at Georgetown Law Center. It was great to spend a day with other immigration professionals, policymakers, analysts,…

On October 29, 2015, The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) organized the 12th annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C. The day-long conference explored many topics, including politics and immigration, the future of executive action, immigration detention and detention alternatives, and unaccompanied…

Read our latest analysis up on GlobalPost on how the “migrant” and “refugee” labels can negatively effect developing migration policies worldwide. The migration crisis will not be solved by underscoring the distinctions between “migrants” and “refugees.” Relying on these over-simplified labels can be harmful to both groups. The motivation for moving does not easily fall…

The backlash against so-called “sanctuary cities” will likely affect local crime enforcement for more than 200 cities nationwide, including Detroit and Ann Arbor here in Michigan. These are the very same cities that tend to attract immigrants, but sanctuary city policies do not provide blanket protection for immigrants accused of crimes despite the political and…

It’s well known that the Hispanic community in the US is growing steadily. Beyond that, however, lie an array of interesting statistical facts about Latino Americans. On May 12, the Pew Research Center released a fascinating report, “Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 1980 – 2013.” The document contains a great deal of…